EP 4139571 A1 20230301 - ENERGY CELL, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING HEAT INTO HYDRAULIC ENERGY
Title (en)
ENERGY CELL, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING HEAT INTO HYDRAULIC ENERGY
Title (de)
ENERGIEZELLE, VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR UMWANDLUNG VON WÄRME IN HYDRAULISCHE ENERGIE
Title (fr)
CELLULE ÉNERGÉTIQUE, DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE CONVERSION DE CHALEUR EN ÉNERGIE HYDRAULIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- BE 202005258 A 20200420
- IB 2021052122 W 20210315
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2021214565A1] An energy cell (1) for converting heat into hydraulic energy, provided with a pressure vessel (2), wherein the pressure vessel (2) comprises two chambers separated by an impermeable and elastic membrane (5), respectively a first chamber (6) filled with a phase change material (23), and a second chamber (7) filled with a hydraulic fluid (24), wherein the energy cell (1) is provided with a shell and tube heat exchanger (16) for alternately heating and cooling of the phase change material (23) to switch the phase change material (23) alternately from the solidified to the molten phase and vice versa, such that a volume of the first chamber (6) increases and decreases alternately, wherein a wall of the pressure vessel (2) is provided with a passage (26) configured to permit, at a volume increase and/or a volume decrease of the first chamber (6), a flow of hydraulic fluid (24) respectively from and/or into the second chamber (7), wherein the shell and tube heat exchanger (16) comprise a number of straight tubes (17), characterized in that the tubes(17) have an external diameter with a maximum of 3.0 millimeters.
IPC 8 full level
F03G 7/06 (2006.01); F04B 43/06 (2006.01); F04B 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F04B 43/06 (2013.01); F04B 43/10 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2021214565A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2021214565 A1 20211028; BE 1028218 A1 20211118; BE 1028218 B1 20211129; CN 115427681 A 20221202; EP 4139571 A1 20230301; JP 2023523217 A 20230602
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 2021052122 W 20210315; BE 202005258 A 20200420; CN 202180029835 A 20210315; EP 21712906 A 20210315; JP 2022563926 A 20210315